acquisition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acquisition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acquisition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acquisition n the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum" the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" Synonym(s): learning, acquisition an ability that has been acquired by training Synonym(s): skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquisition \Ac`quisi"tion\, n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See {Acquire}.] 1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition* or loss of a province. --Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn: See {Acquirement}.